Cigar-shaper.



No. 703,085. l Patented sept.b 2,1902,

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CIGAR SHAPER.

(Appxicmun md .my 1e, 1902.)

(No Model.)

V WITNESSESI INVENTOR ATTORNEY'.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHRISTIAN G. SINGLEY, OF MANHEIM, PENNSYLVANIA.

CIGAR-SHAPER.

SPECIFICATION forming'part of Letters Patent N o. 708,085, datedSeptember 2, 1902.

Applioationvled .Tuly 16, 1902. Serial No. 115,751. (No model.)

-To @ZZ whom, t may concern:

Be it known that I, CHRISTIAN G. SINGLEY, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of Manheim, in the county of Lancaster and Stateof Pennsylvania, have invented certain Improvements in Cigar-Shapers, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in that class of devices wherebycigars are given a peculiar shape; and the object of the invention is togive a fanciful shape to fullymade cigars.

The invention consists in the construction and combination of thevarious parts, as hereinafter fully described and then pointed out inthe claims.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification,Figure l is a front perspective view of a shaper embodying my invention,the lid andthe shaping-plate being shown in an open position, the hooksand staples being omitted; and Fig. 2, a top plan view of an endthereof, the parts being shown in the same position as seen in Fig. 1,but with cigars in place ready to be shaped. Fig. 3 is an end viewshowing the lid clamped down over the cigars; and Figs. 4 and 5 similarviews, but showing the shaping-plate respectively in a partially and inan entirely closed position.

Similar numerals indicate throughout the several Views.

Referring to the details ofthe drawings, l indicates the bottom of theshaper, and'2 the back, rigidly secured to the bottom.

3 is the lid, hingedat 4 to back 2 and having its swinging edge 5beveled, as shown.

6 is the shaping-plate, hinged at l7 to the front edge of the bottom.

In operation, the lid and the shaping-plate being in an open position,the cigars 8 to be shaped are laid side by side on and transversely ofbottom 2, the tuck end 9 thereof extending over onto the shapingplate,as shown in Figs. Land 2. The-lid is then secured in a closed positionby a hook l0 and a staple 1l.V Then the free edge of the shapingplate israised, bending the tuck ends of the cigars upward. Shaping-plate 6 maybe partially turned up, as shown in Fig. 4, or it may be turned until itis in an upright position, as

like parts seen in Fig. 5, and it may be held in a raised position byhooks 12 and staples 13, or by any other suitable device. The lid holdsthe bodies of the cigars in a fixed position while the tucks are beingbent u pward,the bevel 5 of its swing- -ing edge preventing the upperside of the cigars from being cut or broken. It is not necessary thatthe shaping-plate be held in the position attained thereby after givingthe desired bend to the cigars, as after said bend is made the cigarsmay be immediately placed in boxes suitably constructed to maintain thebend therein, nor is it necessary that there be mechanical means forsecuring the lid in a closed position, for it may be held down by handas the shaping-plate-is turned upward.

My Shaper not only gives a fanciful shape to the cigars, but said shapedemonstrates to the purchaser that the cigars are made with longfillers, for cigars having scrap fillers cannot be so bent withoutbreaking.

I donot confine myself to the details of constructionherein shown anddescribed, as it is obvious that alterations maybe made therein withoutdeparting from the principle and scope of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, in a cigar-Shaper, of a bottom plate, a back on thebottom plate, a lid hinged to the back, and a shaping-plate hinged tothe front of lthe bottom plate, for the purpose specified.

2. The combination, in acigar-shaper, of a bottom plate, a back on thebottom plate, a lid hinged to the back, means for securing the lid in aclosed position, and a shapingplate hinged to the front of the bottomplate, for the purpose specified.

3. The combination, in a'cigar-shaper, of a bottom plate, a back on thebottom plate, a lid hinged to the back and having the swinging edgethereof beveled, and a shapingplate hinged to the front of the bottomplate, for the purpose specified.

4. The combination, in a cigar-Shaper, of a bottom plate, a back on thebottom plate, a lid hinged to the back, means for securing the lid in aclosed position, a shaping-plate hinged to the front of the bottomplate, and

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of the bottom plate, and the hooks 12 and the staples 13, for thepurpose specified.

CHRISTIAN G. SINGLEY.

means for securing the shaping-plate in a raised position, for thepurpose specified.

5. The combination, in a cigar-Shaper, of a bottom plate, a back on thebottom plate, a l

5 lid hinged to the back and having the swinging edge thereof beveled,the hook 10 and the staple l1, a shaping-plate hinged to the frontlVitnesses:

C. G. BAssLER, WM. R. GERHART.

